BDARS DXpedition to Rathlin Island

June 2002

Rathlin Island 2002 Our home for the next 4 days, Rathlin Island.  
 
Leaving the mainland for our DXpedition.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 "I can see a big black and white stick thing". This turned out to be a lighthouse!  
 
Church Bay.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Our island QTH with VIV's red Fiat.  
 
Assembling the station. This is a support for one end of our G5RV.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 John GI0HWO at the SSB station.  
 
View of the mainland from our island QTH.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Mike, GI4XSF running PSK on 20 meters.  
 
Dick, GI0OUM busy on 40 meters.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002

Wind powered!

Wind power provides up to 60% of the islands power requirement.

  
 
Pete GI4VIV, running the PSK station on 20 meters.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Philip and John at the SSB station.  
 
Two pictures joined together. See our cottage in the middle, Scotland (GM) on the left and Northern Ireland (GI) on the right.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Myles GI0VTS on the SSB station.  
 
Bertie GI4POC and Myles GI0VTS, operating portable with Myle's FT817 and "Miracle whip" antenna.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Jeff MI0AEX dealing with 40 meters SSB.  
 
The last people on the boat home, Philip, Esme and GI4POC.
Rathlin Island 2002
Rathlin Island 2002 Pete GI4VIV, with his hat. If you hear him on the air, ask him what TTT 12WPM means.  
 
We were all sad when it was time to go home, here's Karen being forced to smile!
Rathlin Island 2002

 

We've also been to Rathlin Island in 2001, 2004 and 2006 and we are going again in 2007.